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Upadeśasāhasrī / 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्) / 15.50
बोधरूपाविशेषान् न बोधाबोधौ तथात्मनि
bodharūpāviśeṣān na bodhābodhau tathātmani
The line
A compound: awareness, a form, and no difference, not a compound: bodhā (बोधा), and awareness, so, in that way, in in the self.
नेपालीमा
बोध र रूपमा भेद नभएकाले जान्नु र नजान्नु त्यस्तै आत्मन्मा हुँदैनन्।
Where it sits
In Upadeśasāhasrī (उपदेशसाहस्री), prakaraṇa (प्रकरण) 15. Nānyadanyat (नान्यदन्यत्). One thing is not something other. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: bodha-rūpa-aviśeṣān (बोध-रूप-अविशेषान्) + na (न) + bodhā-bodhau (बोधा-बोधौ) + tathā (तथा) + ātmani (आत्मनि)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| bodha-rūpa-aviśeṣān (बोध-रूप-अविशेषान्) | accusative plural, masculine | a compound: awareness, a form, and no difference. Read it from the end |
| na (न) | indeclinable | not |
| bodhā-bodhau (बोधा-बोधौ) | nominative or accusative dual, masculine | a compound: bodhā (बोधा), and awareness. Read it from the end |
| tathā (तथा) | indeclinable | so, in that way |
| ātmani (आत्मनि) | locative singular | in the self |
The phrases
bodha-rūpa-aviśeṣān (बोध-रूप-अविशेषान्) is a compound: awareness, a form, and no difference. Read it from the end. It stands as accusative plural, masculine. na (न) is not. It stands as indeclinable. bodhā-bodhau (बोधा-बोधौ) is a compound: bodhā (बोधा), and awareness. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative or accusative dual, masculine.
tathā (तथा) is so, in that way. It stands as indeclinable. ātmani (आत्मनि) is in the self. It stands as locative singular. The line joins them as tathātmani (तथात्मनि).
Sanskrit in this line
bodha-rūpa-aviśeṣān (बोध-रूप-अविशेषान्) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case. The line joins them as tathātmani (तथात्मनि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss bodha-rūpa-aviśeṣān (बोध-रूप-अविशेषान्) and bodhā-bodhau (बोधा-बोधौ).